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Amelia Charlotte Edith Willson
Women’s Police ServiceBiography
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
AMELIA CHARLOTTE EDITH WILLSON
Date and place of birth : 8 December 1886 at Alnwick, Northumberland
Date and place of Death :
March Quarter of 1969 In Croyden Registation District of London
Nationality: British
Biography: Amelia grew up in Northumberland with her siblings:
James William Kelly Willson 1884
Eileen Cecelia Florence Willson 1887
Daisy Lucy Cordial Willson 1888
John Henry Augustus Willson 1890
Lucan Augustus John Willson 1891
Francis Cecil Cordial Willson 1892
Gladys Beatrice Mary Willson 1894
Parents:
John Willson married Cecelia Elizabeth Cordial 1882 in Mullingar District of Ireland.
Parents occupation : John was Quarter Master/Buglar with Northumberland Fusiliers
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Amelia’s father died when she was only 7 years old. She was sent to a school in Hampstead.
Place of residence at Gretna: Police Barracks No.1, Gretna
Marital status: Single
Children: No
Job title at Gretna : Policewoman
Travels – Amelia had a trip to New York after the WW2
Awards/recognitions: Nil known
Trivia/any other information: Nil Known
References
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